‘Ghost job’ ads getting so bad that lawmakers want to ban them

August 21, 2026

Wall Street Journal: Some companies post less-than-real ads to build a pipeline for jobs that might open up someday or in case they reel in a dream candidate too good to pass up. On social media and elsewhere, job seekers theorize about other reasons: Some think employers are posting fake roles to convince investors and employees that they are healthy and growing, or to harvest data…